Website data can take up valuable space on your iOS device. Depending on what you use it for, it can also lead to uncomfortable situations. Fortunately, Safari makes it simple to manage stored data.

Steps

Method1

Clearing Website History and Data at the Same Time

1

Launch the Settings app. This is located on your home screen. The icon is grey, and depicts gears.[1]

2

Scroll down until you find Safari. The icon is blue, and depicts a compass. Tap it.

3

Tap “Clear History and Website Data.” You will be asked to verify this choice at the bottom of the screen. Click “Clear History and Data” again to do so.[2]

Method2

Clearing Website Data

1

Launch the Settings app. This is located on your home screen. The icon is grey, and depicts gears.[3]

2

Scroll down until you find Safari. The icon is blue, and depicts a compass. Tap it.

3

Scroll down until you see “Advanced.” Tap it, then tap “Website Data.” This will give you a couple options.

If you want to get rid of all the website data on your phone, just tap “Remove All Website Data.”

If you want to delete selective website data, tap “Edit” in the top right corner. You will see a list of websites from which your device has stored data. Swipe left, and a red “Delete” button will appear. Tap this to delete the data for this site.[4]

Method3

Clearing Website History

1

Launch Safari. This is located on your home screen. The icon is blue, and depicts a compass.

2

Tap the bookmark icon on the bottom of the screen. It looks like an open book. From here, tap “History.” This will take you to a list of websites you have visited.

3

Decide what you want to clear. As with website data, you can choose between deleting your entire website history, or select sites.

To clear your entire history, tap “Clear” on the bottom right of the screen. This will give you the options to clear your history from the last hour, the last day, the last two days, or your entire history.

To delete a specific website from your history, swipe left on the name of the website. A red “Delete” button will appear. Tap this to delete the data for this site.[5]

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Tips

Enabling Private Mode will stop websites from storing data on your device. To do this, launch Safari, and tap the tab icon in the bottom right corner (it depicts one square layered over a second square). Tap “Private” in the bottom left corner, then tap “Done” on the bottom right.[6]